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For I need not tell you that Philip owes his
successes to nothing in the world more than to his being the first in the field.
For the man who always keeps a standing army by him, and who knows beforehand
what he wants to do, is ready in an instant for anyone that he chooses to
attack, while it is only after we have heard of something happening that we
begin to bustle about and make our preparations.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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